Chapter 1
With that, Id knew that he wasn’t the only one who had conscious thought within himself, there was something else there, and it acted alone. He scrambled through different possibilities in his mind, and he tried to somehow reveal what was going on, but with no luck. Constant bursts of thoughts went unprecedented and none of them would give the slightest clue about what was going on, for now, Id had to live with it, and hope that sooner or later he might just find out what’s happening. But for now, he had to go to school, and he realised that once again, he was late.
When he arrived the sun flew out and blew away the clouds, no one was waiting for him, not until he stepped into the classroom. The teacher briefly acknowledged his present, marked him off on the roll and gave him the note that the principal had requested her to give.
Id, please report to my office
whenever you have the time,
there are certain matters we must go over.
- Principal Reary.
Id decided it was best to get all this out of the way as quickly as possible; after all, Principal Reary is a reasonable man. Tall, morning shadow, looks part Spanish and has very strong principles. On the way there he spotted the darting eyes from all the classrooms that recognised him as the kid off the news, they were curious, they had every right to be, news reporters never tell the story how it is. Upon arrival he noticed there were three people inside the office, thought their figures were partly blurred, their faces unrecognisable. A young lady working at the office spoke out,
“Mr Reary will be with you very soon, please be patient.”
She had a nice voice, it soothed Id’s ears a little, that is, until he head Mr Reary ask the assistant through phone to bring Id inside. And he followed the command without hesitation. When he walked in he noticed two very depressed looking parents, without guess they’re probably the two with the dead son.
“We all understand you had no part in this Id, we just wish to clear some things up. The parents said they would feel much better if they understood the circumstances of what happened.” Said the Principal, he was the only one who could open his mouth at that moment.
“Well, the wind was so hard it snapped a tree down the road, and that was the very tree that crushed their song” replied Id in a monotone voice. The father then spoke out.
“But that’s impossible, it wasn’t a bad day...” his voice draining with each word.
“Well, I’m just telling it like I saw it.” Id replied with the same voice as before.
“We’re sorry out son broke your window, it looks like his cockiness was his demise...” the mother desperately tried to break the tension.
“I’m sorry Principal Reary, but can I go back to class?” asked Id.
“Sure thing.” And so Id walked back down the corridor to his classroom, those very eyes that stared upon him before staring yet again. Id this time simply stared straight forward, sending out the signal that he doesn’t care what they have to say. When he got to the classroom he noticed his classed wasn’t there, no note was left on the window as to where they were, and there was nothing he knew about a class activity. He turned around to head to the office, but no one was there. In fact, he remembered not seeing anyone in the classrooms as he headed past them. He decided there could be some kind of evacuation drill, so he headed outside. No one was there, not a car in the world, not a single person to be seen. Something had happened, something unbelievable. He was stuck wandering the world inside his own mind, and then he heard strange noises, he quickly turned to see if anything was there, there was nothing. Until, a voice.
“Hello, Id.” The voice spoke out, echoing in the emptiness that the world was filling.
“Where am I?” replied Id hesitantly.
The voice continued, “You are here, in the world.”
“No, there’s no one around, this isn’t real...” replied Id.
“Look to me” said the strange voice. And so Id turned around, only to see a figure exactly like his own, only shadowed, when he tried to run to it, nothing would move, he would run on the ground without moving.
“There is no point to it Id, you must understand, I am more than a mere mental image...” the voice penetrated everything in this new fantasy world, this was when Id started to become scared.
“How do I get out?” he shouted, wanting to be freed from this torment.
“Only I can decide how you leave, and when you leave, right now, time has stopped. I can do whatever I want to you, torture you how I want, until you realise you need me.” Id became increasingly impatient, and the flooding of his mind wouldn’t stop, when he closed his ears and covered his eyes, he felt water. He was falling deep into the sea, nothing would make sense.
“Do you understand Id?” the voice continuing to harass Id.
He grabbed onto his neck, gagging, trying to find air, as it seemed he would drown in his own mind. And then, he was back where he was before, that empty corridor.
“How do I leave!” his words bubbled from all the water in his lungs, and yet the scream was heard, but what was most frightening was the next few words heard.
“You leave.” The voice softly said. And with that, Id fell back into what was reality, water splashing all over the corridor in which he once set foot, he was crashed onto the ground and his teacher was standing at the door wondering what had happened.
chapter 1 to be continued...